In middle of the sea with no island and other ship on sight, a woman let out a shriek of horror which was followed by a loud crashing of woods from the galley.

Luffy, who was sitting on the figurehead to seek out new island, turned and saw Nami running out of the room. He called her out, as he hurriedly crossed the upper deck, to get bit of her story but she kept her pace with no glance to the captain.

Knowing Nami too well, the captain could see it through her wicked grin, as she rushed to the girl's quarters, that their friends are far from danger. And now, Luffy is extremely curious if the cook had prepared a pre-dinner snack, which only happens in his dreams, that made Nami ran away.

Driven by instinct, Luffy stretched his rubberized arms on the railings near the galley and slingshot himself to the door.

The captain pierced through the wood, head first, and tumbled along with door debris. Then Luffy, oozing with energy, jerkingly stood up with an apologetic smile and was about to nonchalantly ask for forgiveness, when he saw something beyond the unexpected.

Luffy pursed his lips and tilted his head as he tried to understand the situation. His first mate, Zoro, was on the floor across him and still squeezed in the crushed wall.

It was not the first to see Zoro's head badly bleeding but not knowing that the swordsman could be overly possessive to someone, and especially to a blonde, really surprised him.

"Zoro!"

Zoro flinched. As much as he wanted to clear himself, he just couldn't bare to speak. Doing his best to salvage his pride as a man, he would rather choose to be accused of a crime he never committed. Fully embracing the shame, Zoro tightly hugged the blonde and glared at the captain to mind his own business.

When Luffy couldn't get answer from Zoro, he looked down at 3 persons who are with them and had been silently watching from the floor.

The captain faced, on his left, both Usopp and Chopper who had been hugging each other. He glared at them, demanding for an explanation but they only squeaked and rapidly shook heads with horrid eyes.

In disbelief, he tightly clenched his fist and turned to Robin, expecting more serious answer but her brows furrowed. Robin, with hands raised, attempted to enlighten the captain.

"Luffy, it's not what you think."

"What's going on?"

A raspy voice suddenly cut her off. Franky came together with Brook like parents checking on their kids and stood behind Luffy.

Upon hearing the raspy voice, the blonde weakly looked up. The blonde remembered their recent chat and with fresh bad experience, it makes sense to warn Franky but it unexpectedly sounded more like asking for help.

"Franky, it hurts."

The blonde squeakily and softly croaked.

Franky's eyes met 2 teary blue eyes and stiffened at the sight of the unfortunate blonde. Face contorted while remembering if he recently acquainted to a blonde other than the cook.

Though a bit worried and confused, Franky sincerely looked at the young mysterious lady from head to foot, carefully and swiftly assessing her condition before deciding the next thing to do.

Starting from the head, she has long thick twirly locks that rests on the shoulders with long fringe that ends just above the eyes. She bit her lower lip, clearly still in pain, and leaned her head on Zoro's bicep for comfort despite his cruelty to her.

The lady's off-the-shoulder and layered floral summer dress is ruined. One of the sleeves got ripped due to Zoro's firm hold on the upper arm and the hem of the back skirt looks shredded. Though Zoro looked like he's marking territory on her, he unconsciously flaunts her long milky legs thanks to his other hand clutching the skirt near the ripped slit.

Very contrary to the lady's distressed plea, the lady seemed more at ease and comfortable in Zoro's arms. And their pose, a picture perfect for a crime of passion, has made Franky's throat dry.

Brook, on the other hand, couldn't imagine Zoro would do such a thing. Zoro's surprising gentlemanliness when they were on Hazard Punk Retrieval mission with Sanji is still fresh in his mind. If Sanji sees this, Brook suddenly thought, he would surely be disappointed and would definitely kill Zoro.

Then and there eyes opened though Brook doesn't have the physical eyes. Sanji, who commonly stays in the galley and is always the first to provide help to a lady in distress, has been missing.

It's unbelievable to think that Sanji would transform into a woman but definitely couldn't deny the possibilities with his personal experience as the living dead. There is no mistaking that the lady is the missing cook as they both have same eye and hair color and complexion.

Brook suddenly wondered if cook's metamorphosis hurts more than the lost manhood. He couldn't help but guffawed at his discovery, drawing everyone's attention before pointing out.

"Where's Mr. Sanji?"

Zoro's brow twitched and Franky stunned after realizing but the captain remained clueless.

Before somebody could tell the whereabouts of the cook, Nami came back with camera and immediately began taking pictures of the couple. Oblivious of the atmosphere, she even positioned them to get good angle and thus, whimpers from the blonde could be heard whenever the legs were touch.

To comfort the blonde, she promised a short break from the shoot.

"Sanji-kun, just a little bit more." Nami cooed.

Watching Sanji from afar, Usopp felt guilty. He knew how the whole crime unfolded and didn't do anything. If only Sanji would act normal for at least once in his life, the cook wouldn't be in this pitiful state. He could only pray and hope that Sanji wouldn't quickly fall for the same scheme by some stranger.

It all began around 3 of this afternoon with a little incident that Usopp started.

Luffy and him were causing havoc like they always do, and the crew had gotten used to it except for Nami and Sanji who were always there to scold when they had enough.

That time, they were playing with color filled water balloons.